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Municipal Court of Providence official reduces fine, tells defendant to buy breakfast for children
Summary
A presiding official at the Municipal Court of Providence told a defendant and two young children that he would reduce one speeding-ticket fine from $50 to $15 and said the remaining $35 should be used to buy the children breakfast.
A presiding official at the Municipal Court of Providence told a defendant and two young children that he would reduce one speeding-ticket fine from $50 to $15 and said the remaining $35 should be used to buy the children breakfast.
The exchange, which lasted roughly a minute, began when the presiding official asked the children, "Think he's guilty or not guilty?" and the children replied, "Guilty." The official then asked whether he should "send Inspector Kerrigan to go pick up your wife," a…
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